What I especially like about that one is it breaks the "a) cute, b) logically derived from a, but unexpected, c) following from b, but horrifying" format that Gurewitch is so fond of.posted by idiopath at 1:08 PM on September 21, 2009

I love PBF, but I've always been intrigued by how heavily Gurewitch's art style and content seemed to be influenced by a friends comic that ran several years previously in the Daily Illini (University of Illinois student newspaper).

I have a fantasy that Gurewitch blew through town visiting a friend back in those days and was inspired by my friend's comic (Square Lake, archived by some random person here: http://www.resounder.org/squarelake/ ), particularly the "Superfriend" episodes.

Of course, they were probably both just influenced by the same stuff growing up and it's like convergent evolution of comic artists.posted by keep_evolving at 1:18 PM on September 21, 2009

Dear Wes Anderson Please Make This Movie Instantly I Will Pay You 1(fifteen)5 Dollars for a Ticketposted by Potomac Avenue at 1:18 PM on September 21, 2009

well, I guess this explains where the fuck he's been all this time.posted by shmegegge at 1:59 PM on September 21, 2009 [1 favorite]

Thanks so much for this, skynxnex! Nice to know what Nick Gurewitch is up to these days, and those Marvel comics were like a gulp of water for a desert-parched throat. The PBF is quite possibly my favorite comic strip of all time. OfALLtime.

It is quite eerie how similar PBF and Square Lake Vault are in terms of humor and style, though.posted by Lush at 2:19 PM on September 21, 2009

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